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Random music news for Thursday, October 22, 2020

Want to be turned into an evil doll for Halloween? Try this site. Once you do that, come on back

A long-haul trip home today: SIN-HKG-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than 23 hours or so. But before I left, I had

“Psychedelic” is one of the most misunderstood and misused words in the English language. The word first came into use

Many people consider The Velvet Underground to be the first true alternative band. Now director Todd Haynes will bring what

How would you like to be remembered when you’re gone? Most people make do with a tombstone or some such

Has it only been two years since the Bataclan? It seems like forever. Here’s the music news for Monday, November

Here’s the best part about potential North Korean missile attacks on the US: They’d have to fly over Canadian territory

When punk bands go on the road, they tour far and wide. Cameron Gordon at Completely Ignored put together this

Happy (merry?) St. Patrick’s Day. And now, the music news. Where did Andy Warhol get the idea for the banana

If you’ve been collecting music any length of time, chances are you’ve managed to somehow acquire multiple copies of the

Construction in my basement continues. The smaller of the two bull terriers is losing her mind. Meanwhile, here’s music news.

Making “The End of The Storm” – James Erskine in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 026 March 24, 2021
This week’s guest — director James Erskine — joins us from England where he has just released his latest feature-length documentary, The End of The Storm. The documentary follows Liverpool Football Club and their fans as they navigate the covid-interrupted 2019-2020 Premier League winning season. James expertly weaves together the voice of Jürgen Klopp, the […]
Andrew Dick
Inside the Toronto Sports Media Scene – Jonah Sigel in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 025 March 17, 2021
Being a Toronto sports fan hasn’t been easy for many generations of Torontonians. Of course, the Raptors NBA title was kind of a reset for the city, and there were a couple of crazy Blue Jays runs a few years back, but those were more so the Toronto sports awakening for Millenials. For Gen X, […]
Mark Silver
In a League of Her Own – Mary Ellen Carlyle in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 024 March 10, 2021
Dome Productions is a relatively unknown company. Anyone who has walked by Gate 13 at Rogers Centre while attending a Toronto Blue Jays game has likely missed the small Dome Productions office sign, which looks more like a cornerstone time-capsule on the building’s facade. However, there’s a good reason you’ve never heard of Dome. They […]
Mark Silver